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The Latest from the 2025 U.S. Women's Open

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Rob Hernandez

1:58

Here is where we stand as we approach the 2 p.m. hour at Erin Hills in this 80th U.S. Women's Open

1:46

The mark of a true champion is their character once the golf and interviews are over. She signed every autograph and took every picture asked of her after the round.

1:44

That was Nelly Korda’s first sub-69 round in a U.S. Women’s Open. It came in her 36th round.

1:10

Waiting for interviews to start and we can hear the pitter-patter of rain. 😲☔️🌧️

12:51

Nelly Korda makes par at 8 to stay within three and now she'll play the par-3 ninth to finish. Gary D'Amato and I will be heading over to the interview area as they bring Mao Saig, Nelly and Tamburlin and Hwang in to meet the media.

12:44

There it is! Mao Saigo drills one in the heart of the cup on from 4 feet, 10 inches for her seventh birdie of the day to get to 8-under and three shots clear of Nelly Korda and Chiara Tamburlini.

12:30

Korda from 7 feet, 3 inches and you can add her to the list of golfers T-2 at 5-under. Switzerland's Chiara Tamburlini also got there with a birdie at the par-4 15th.

12:29

Nelly ... for birdie on No. 7. It's good. She made it.

12:27

Youmin Hwang two-putts from the fringe on the par-5 14th hole to go to 5-under and take over sole possession of second place.

12:22

Just got back from the interview area where Jing Yan of the People's Republic of China talked about her 38-31 -- 69 round that moved her to 4-under. She is the clubhouse leader. Jing played a season of college golf at Washington and speaks perfect English. This is her 7th U.S. Women's Open with a T-21, a T-22 and four missed cuts

12:21

That group at 4-under includes Nelly Korda, who is playing the par-5 seventh hole

12:20

Mao Saigo has rattled off four pars in a row and maintains a 3-shot lead on now eight golfers who are tied for second at 4-under.

11:50

Nelly Korda to 4-under with back-to-back birdies at Nos. 4 and 5. She is three shots back with four holes to play in Round 2

11:46

Nelly Korda got that shot back that she lost with a bogey at No. 2 by birdieing No. 3

11:40

Mao Saigo went to 7-under with another birdie at No. 2. She leads Hwang by two.

10:59

Nelly Korda misses a short putt for par at No. 2 and she drops off the leaderboard to 2-under (T-13).

10:57

Mao Saigo with back-to-back birdies to get to 6-under. From what I'm seeing, Mao is trying to become the first golfer since Inbee Park in 2013 to win back-to-back majors. Park won the first three that year: Chevron, U.S. Women's Open and KPMG Women's PGA

10:51

And welcome to the top 10, Nelly Korda. The world No. 1 birdied No. 1 to get to 3-under on the day and 3-under for the week.

10:50

This is the first U.S. Women's Open for Hwang, who is 22 and in her fourth year as a professional. She has won twice on the Korean LPGA and once in Taiwan

10:49

Korea's Youmin Hwang birdies the par-4 eighth hole to join Mao Saigo at the top of the board at this 80th U.S. Women's Open. Youmin is 2-under for the day.

10:27

Mao Saigo just poured in an 8-footer for birdie on No. 18 to make the turn in 3-under 33. The newly minted Chevron Championship winner is alone atop the leaderboard at 5-under.

10:16

Charley Hull birdies No. 18 to get back to even-par for the week. Lexi Thompson gets up-and-down from just right of the 18th green for her first birdie of the day. And Nelly Korda pars 18 to finish off a 2-under 34 on the front. To the front nine goes the featured group in the morning wave.

10:11

We are down to seven golfers at the top of the leaderboard after Angel Yin makes her second consecutive bogey at No. 18 making the turn and Julia Lopez Ramirez make her second straight bogey at No. 5

9:55

Chevron Championship winner Mao Saigo has birdied the par-3 16th to give us a ninth golfer tied for the lead at 4-under. Angel Yin, BTW, was at 5-under for three holes until bogeying No. 17 as she nears the turn.

9:54

The featured group of Nelly Korda, Charley Hull and Lexi Thompson is on the 18th hole getting ready to make the turn. Nelly is 2-under for the day and 2-under for the week. Charley is 1-over/1-over and Lexi 4-over/5-over needing a huge back nine to play the weekend.

9:48

Just arrived in the media center at Erin Hills. We had a solo leader at 5-under in Julia Lopez Ramirez, but the LPGA Tour's third-longest driver of the golf ball bogeyed No. 4 to drop to 4-under. We now have eight golfers tied for the lead at that number. It's going to be a very interesting Friday at the U.S. Women's Open

8:47

Also moving to 4-under is Chiara Tamburlini, a runner-up two weeks ago at the Aramco Korea Championship where she went 75-68-68. She followed that up with a fifth-place showing on the Ladies European Tour with a fifth at the Jabra Ladies Open (67-68-72). Chiara is from Switzerland.

8:44

Chevron Championship winner Mao Saigo birdies Nos. 11 and 12 to join the mix at 4-under and give Japan another presence at the top of the leaderboard.

8:27

The featured group of Lexi Thompson (+2/+1), Nelly Korda (E/E) and Charley Hull (E/E) is through two holes still in search of the first birdie in the group.

8:26

Just like that Shiho Kuwaki makes a bogey and drops back to 3-under in a tie for 7th.

8:09

The lead still sits at 4-under with seven golfers now at that number. There are the six that Gary D'Amato wrote about in our story off the first round. The newcomer is 22-year-old Shiho Kuwaki of Japan, who birdied Nos. 2 and 3 to join the mix at 4-under.

8:06

Good morning and welcome to Day 2 coverage of the 80th U.S. Women's Open. We are little more than an hour into the second round of this 72-hole championship under a sunny sky with temperatures in the 60s and winds about 10 mph out of the west.

*** Friday, May 30 ***

Rob Hernandez

TOWN OF ERIN -- There were 33 rounds under par during the opening round of the 80th U.S. Women's Open Championship, but none lower than the 4-under-par 68s that left six golfers -- including 2020 champion A Lim Kim -- tied for lead Thursday.

Spain's Julia Lopez Ramirez made a 4 1/2-foot putt for par on the 130-yard ninth hole at 7:48 p.m. for the last of the six 68s. Kim and fellow Korean Jinhee Im, Americans Yealimi Noh and Angel Yin and Japan's Rio Takeda joined Lopez Ramirez at 4-under while five more golfers were tied for seventh at 3-under.

World No. 1 Nelly Korda birdied No. 18 to shoot even-par 72. She is tied for 34th place, four shots off the pace with a 7:40 a.m. tee time Friday off No. 10.

7:55

7:40

Lopez Ramirez will finish on the par-3 ninth hole, which is playing 130 yards to one of the toughest greens on the course.

7:39

Julia Lopez Ramirez, who birdied No. 7 to get to 4-under, two-putted from about 25 feet for par on No. 8 to remain tied for the lead.

6:33

Angel Yin birdies the 18th hole to shoot 68 and make it a five-way tie for first place at 4-under. She finished birdie-bogey-birdie.

6:07

There are currently 34 golfers with rounds under par and 23 more who are at par.

6:06

Your 6 p.m. update finds Angel Yin having joing the four morning leaders at 4-under. The 26-year-old former Chevron Championship runner-up (2023) went birdie-birdie at Nos. 9 and 10 and then added birdes at 13 and 16.

4:12

Meanwhile, amateur Lottie Woad and LPGA Tour rookie Ingrid Lindblad have moved one off the lead at 3-under. Woad is a Florida State golfer from England who won the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur and finished T-10 at the Chevron Championship. Lindblad won her first LPGA Tour event in Los Angeles at the start of the month.

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